During my stint as a grad student in Film and Television I read at least one article about the popular media's portrayal of family men as bumblers and buffoons, loveable but ineffective and even trouble causing. Of course there were also shows like Father Knows Best, but they seemed to be giving way to shows like The Simpsons, in which the husband father bread winner is literally a cartoon character. I was grateful to become more aware of this trend and to see the arrival and growth of, for example, the work of Robert Bly and his Iron Man movement which honors men as they struggle with modern times and ever changing expectations. So kudos to Steve and Doc and seeklib and Buck and all the other FFL men who are successfully figuring out how to be both powerful AND gentle. You guys are awesome and inspiring.
________________________________ From: Ann <awoelfleba...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:57 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 23-Mar-13 00:15:02 UTC --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" <steve.sundur@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > snip > > Weren't things like these attributed to "support of nature"? And I > think you mean does it not 'indicate' the existence of a higher power. > It "necessitates" the existence if we want them to be reinstated, given > a reprieve, allowed to go over the limit once in a while and be > pardoned. I, for one, wish both could post this week. > > Ann, I think I could do a better job of more clearly making my points. Yes, dear Steve, you are a bit of a bumbler, but a very loveable one. I picture you the guy I would want as my neighbour, my boss, the one who would be there if I tripped on the street, fell down and hurt myself. As exasperating as you can be at times you are a good guy, a kind man but I admit, you can be a bit of a doofus. > But, having said that............. > > no, necessitate is the right word. (-: Here Judy got so carried away > with this petty accusation, that she up and overposted herself. That is > what I call instant karma. That is if you think it was a bad thing or something she is unhappy about and you feel she deserves to be unhappy having overposted. Maybe she has booked a ticket for a small, intimate cruise on the French Riviera with stops in Cannes, Antibes and NIce. And if you believe in karma, then I think a > higher power can't be far behind. I often like Judy's points, but this > "gloating" thing, with its subsequent posts, seemed so off base, that I > felt it was poetic justice that things worked out the way they did. Not sure about the poetry part but what is done is done. She'll no doubt be dancing cheek to cheek with some debonaire Frenchman and sipping Dom Perignon. > > And I can't help feel the same about Michael with his tireless campaign > to denigrate all things TMO. He's on a healing mission. > > But since that isn't likely Steve, you better be extra entertaining, > interesting, brilliant and funny to make up for the absence of both MJ > and Authfriend. Agreed? > > > Ann, you have my word as a former cub scout, that I will do my best to > FFL and my country to be entertaining, and brilliant and funny, so help > me higher power. (-: You'll do fine. > > But, just in case, can you ask Ravi to help out with the brilliant part. > And any help with the funny part, I can leave with you. Oh, I'm "funny" alright. >
